It's about the same as some of my other 200mW VTX when set to 600mW. I'm not sure why. It can get a bit noisy behind a tree at 100m.

I'm still waiting on the motors. The straight VTX would fit much better than the right angle one. Most of the other stuff is soldered, connected and/or mounted.

I went with the angled VTX with the thought that I'd bend the antenna back under the top plate. Did you try that? I've got all my parts, just need to find a moment to assemble it!

The RP-SMA antenna hasn't arrived yet either. There may or may not be enough room to bend it.

I had to mount the VTX on the top plate. With the FC all connectorized and the fairly thickish receiver it didn't fit on the underside. That means the GoPro will be crushing it in a crash. Eventually I want to get a TBS UNIONFRY so I hope it dies to give me a good excuse to get one.

Did you remove the casing from the receiver? I'm sure if you removed the pins from your FC, got a smaller receiver and trimmed a lot of the excess wire you could fit it all. Have a look at mine. I managed to fit it all in there with a nice pocket of space above the FC. I love the design of this frame and I'm looking forward to many flights.

Yes I decased the rx, but it is thickish and still no space for the VTX
Eventually I will probably end up switching to the XSR and some high quality thin heatsrhink. At that point I might just upgrade to the F4 without the pins and use the F3 in a Flamewheel clone.

No real need to switch to F4 at this point. I'd probably just de-pin the one you've got. You could even cut the pins and solder to the tips. But if it's too much trouble you could get the original Omnibus F3 for about $23. It mainly lacks the current sensor over the pro, so you wouldn't be missing too much.

Yes the pins come with the Omnibus to optionally solder on. I wanted the flexibility offered by connectorization so different components can be easily swapped out. There is really not enough space for all the wiring and connectors.

Yeah, most folks are soldering directly to the boards now, but if you've got it working like this you might as well keep at it until you need to make repairs. Then you can start to trim it down. How's it fly?

I haven't been able to fly it yet. Hopefully sometime soon

I just maidened it today. The thing is a rocket ship. I could not be more pleased.